Michael Slate (Photo: Palm Beach County Jail)
A motorist from Boca Raton has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and several minor offenses after police say he crashed into the door of a Boca Raton police vehicle that was making an unrelated traffic stop, slicing off the police car’s door as the officer was about to exit. The driver is alleged to have continued on without stopping.
Michael Slate, 74, of Boca Raton, was located after police dash cam footage linked his license plate number to the crash, which occurred on Yamato Road at 8:22 p.m. Nov. 21, 2025. According to a police report, an officer had just pulled over a Jeep for a traffic infraction, and was located in the far-right lane of Yamato. The Jeep had pulled over to the shoulder, and the police car was stopped, with its emergency lights flashing, in the shoulder and partially in the right lane…